Create an Off-Topic Section or Board

[Ze'ev]

I was just wondering why there is no off-topic board on here. 

It might be nice to have a place to chit-chat about lighter things at times...anything from sports to movies, or from cooking to music, pop culture, Technology, survival/disaster preparedness, lifestyle, etc.   

For one example, I was just thinking about starting a thread to talk about what everyone's favorite movies are, but there is no appropriate place to put it.  I think a new category for different off-topic subjects of discussion (or single board for all off-topic) might be nice.  It would also probably help keep the clutter down on the general board.

Vote if you want, or delete this if it's dumb 

[muman613]

I do not agree. JTF tries to be supportive of Torah observant lifestyle and most hollywood movies today run entirely against the Torah lifestyle. I am very happy that JTF closes for Shabbat and Yom Tov... I don't think that providing space for idle gossip and pictures which are immodest is a good use of JTF time and space...

I think JTF should continue with the serious topics which we discuss instead of hollywood gossip.

[~Hanna~]

But that is already happening...

Look at all the posts about the idle gossip of hollywood movie stars, etc...

I do not agree. JTF tries to be supportive of Torah observant lifestyle and most hollywood movies today run entirely against the Torah lifestyle. I am very happy that JTF closes for Shabbat and Yom Tov... I don't think that providing space for idle gossip and pictures which are immodest is a good use of JTF time and space...

I think JTF should continue with the serious topics which we discuss instead of hollywood gossip.

[Ze'ev]

But that is already happening...

Look at all the posts about the idle gossip of hollywood movie stars, etc...

I do not agree. JTF tries to be supportive of Torah observant lifestyle and most hollywood movies today run entirely against the Torah lifestyle. I am very happy that JTF closes for Shabbat and Yom Tov... I don't think that providing space for idle gossip and pictures which are immodest is a good use of JTF time and space...

I think JTF should continue with the serious topics which we discuss instead of hollywood gossip.

Yea, that's partly why I think it might be good.  It would help cut down on that clutter on the main board if people had another place to post it.
 

[~Hanna~]

Yes, I agree.

[Confederate Kahanist]

I think that's what General Discussion is for.

[Ze'ev]

I think that's what General Discussion is for.

It seems this board is mostly used for talking politics and JTF issues though, which of course are the 'general' subjects of this Forum. 

An off-topic area for discussion of more mundane things make sense to me.  Or if this General Discussion board is in fact for that, there should be a different board for Politics, Current Events, etc...and it should probably be placed at the top. 

I think the ideal would be a new category for all Off-Topic stuff.  Within said category could be a board for Film, a board for Literature, a board for Music, a board for Sporting, a board for Outdoors/Wilderness Survival (or include that as a sub-board in sporting), a board for Cooking and Recipes...I bet the ladies (and some men too, myself included!) would love this one, and so on and so forth.

This category should, if implemented, probably go somewhere towards the bottom, and perhaps boards that seem to have no real home, like the guns and self defense board, could also go into the off-topic category.

In any case, it's just an idea I had.  I think every forum, even serious ones, should have a place for off-topic and lighter discussion.  And as has been said, it would also help keep the more serious boards free of useless and mundane clutter.  Of course it makes no actual difference either way in the scheme of things.

[arksis]

I'm with CK on this one......General Discussion means just that.......a little bit of everything!

[Ze'ev]

Well based on the vote it looks like the masses have spoken, and do not agree with me.

As I said, it was just an idea.  I was up way too late last night, and must have been pretty bored to even make this thread 

[angryChineseKahanist]

I think what muman is saying is that yes its already happening, but he doesn't not want to promote or nurture talk of hollyweird scum.
My personal opinion is that there's really nothing worth talking about in terms of hollyweird.
Or for that matter todays so called music.
Todays music and movies are total trash not worth mentioning.

[Ze'ev]

I think what muman is saying is that yes its already happening, but he doesn't not want to promote or nurture talk of hollyweird scum.
My personal opinion is that there's really nothing worth talking about in terms of hollyweird.
Or for that matter todays so called music.
Todays music and movies are total trash not worth mentioning.

Well those were just a few examples of subjects. There is also higher culture: art, literature, poetry, etc...not to mention the sciences.

I understand the point though, and cannot disagree.

[Moshe92]

On the Hebrew forum, the general discussion section is just for serious topics, and there's a separate section for funny/off-topic threads. I like both forums the way they are now.

[The One and Only Mo]

I do not agree. JTF tries to be supportive of Torah observant lifestyle and most hollywood movies today run entirely against the Torah lifestyle. I am very happy that JTF closes for Shabbat and Yom Tov... I don't think that providing space for idle gossip and pictures which are immodest is a good use of JTF time and space...

I think JTF should continue with the serious topics which we discuss instead of hollywood gossip.

JTF closes for shabbos and yom tov only EST. So if one is somewhere else in the world and it's shabbos by him, but not NY,he can go on the forum. This is terrible and goes against the concept of closing it. If it's closed it should be closed from the earliest time shabbos starts in the world to the latest time it ends.

And yes, JTF shouldn't have any "crap", but we're human, and some of us like that "crap" and want to talk to our friends about it.

I think it's a great idea to have a separate section!

[~Hanna~]

We could make a hollywood scum section and then those who only want to participate in that, can. I don't like discussing that, myself.

[RanterMaximus]

I think the forum is fine the way that it is.  Unless the vast majority of post are in relation to off-topic subjects, I see no need for a change.